Summary

This project aims to extend previous work on statistical models regarding determinants of infant mortality in the US. It examines a number of potential covariates in the context of the proximate determinants model on a sample of ethnically diverse birth cohorts. It develops and makes available programs for conducting Covariate Density Defined mixtures of GLMs (general linear models).

Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (5R01HD037405)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Data Collection Notes

NICHD funded the PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION of this project.

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